Hidden Area - Kakushichi

…Manorial lords aimed to secure financial resources by collecting censal fees, but there are also cases where the increase in the number of legally excluded fields from inspection led to a decrease in the number of fixed fields in the manor, and as a result, it can be said that this weakened the manor's control over the manor. [Kuroda Hideo] In the early modern period, hidden fields were also called hidden fields, hidden fields, hidden farms, and hidden land. Strictly speaking, hidden fields were those where the village intentionally did not inform the villagers during land surveys and the owners continued to cultivate the land after the surveys without submitting their request, and land that was unintentionally excluded from land surveys and then submitted for submission was called ochichi. In the early modern period, hidden fields increased as development progressed, and the lords always strictly prohibited them by law and imposed severe penalties for violations. …

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…荘園領主は，勘料徴収によって財源確保を志向したのであるが，かえってこうした合法的な検注除外田の増加によって荘園の定田数の減少を招いた例もみられ，結果的にはその荘園支配権を弱体化させていったとみることができる。【黒田 日出男】　近世では，別に隠し田，隠し畑，隠し田畑，隠し地ともいい，厳密には，検地施行に際し，村側が故意に案内をせず，検地後も持主が上申しないで耕作を続けるのを隠田，また故意なくして検地の対象外となり，その後上申した土地を落地（おちち）という。近世に至り，開発の進行とともに隠田がふえ，領主は法令をもってつねに厳禁し，違反に対しては厳罰に処した。…

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